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Slaughterhouse-Five (film) (book)

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Alfred Adler

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Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother

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Father complex

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Dale Carnegie

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worldly wisdom; knowledge of the ways of the world

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Niebuhr

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(philosophical) holism; wholism

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Oedipus complex; sexual attraction to one's mother

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Kurt Vonnegut

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populism (politics)

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pessimistic

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an abstract argument

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solid line

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feature film

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Lydia (Iron Age kingdom of Asia Minor)

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self-absorbed; self-contained

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to hope to succeed

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after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually

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pessimism

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picking up trash; collecting garbage

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Reuther; Ruther

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to ask for money; to put the touch on someone

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single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold; upper eyelid with no fold

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principle of living only for the moment

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accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice

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act of retaliation

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trial in absentia; judgment by default (judgement)

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prestigious university

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cynicism (of mankind); belief that human nature is fundamentally evil

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incense; incense powder

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accelerant; stimulant

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passing on by word of mouth; oral tradition

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job hunting; seeking employment

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regular train; local train; train that stops at every station

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oil-producing countries (nations)

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somebody (important); person of importance

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misrepresentation (falsification) of one's past record (personal history)

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to swindle; to deceive

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to take someone down a peg; to cut someone down to size; to dampen someone's confidence

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Martin

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(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard

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West Asia

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pioneering; path-breaking; trailblazing

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to be meant for each other (of a man and woman); to be connected through fate; to be destined to marry (each other); (lit.) to be tied by the red string (of fate)

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four arithmetic operations; basic arithmetic operations

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one field; a division; a branch (e.g. of study, etc.)

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to dance to the music

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snide remark; insinuation; sly dig; disguised reproach; indirect criticism

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